Syrian Warplanes Batter Jihadists In Ancient Palmyra

[Purveyor]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Syrian government aircraft carried out intense strikes Monday against the Islamic State group in and around the ancient city of Palmyra after its fall to the jihadists, a military source said. "The air force struck more than 160 Daesh targets, killing and wounding terrorists and destroying weapons and vehicles equipped with machineguns" on Palmyra's outskirts and elsewhere in the east of Homs province, the source said.

"We are pursuing Daesh wherever they are," the source said, using the Arabic acronym for IS.

"Military operations, including air raids, are ongoing in the area around Al-Suknah, Palmyra, the Arak and Al-Hail gas fields and all the roads leading to Palmyra," he said.

State television said "more than 50 Daesh terrorists" had been killed in the air strikes.

Read more: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/syria-warplanes-batter-jihadists-in-ancient-palmyra/article1-1351219.aspx

[rpannier]

1. Good nt

[Jesus Malverde]

2. Double good...nt

[Fred Sanders]

3. Daesh has lost control of a quarter of it's territory and this is the third time they have taken

Ramadi.

ISIS is ramping up the propaganda even as they are not winning and airstrikes and attrition must surely be taking a heavy toll.

ISIS, or should we call it the dissident remnant of the dissolved Iraqi Army, is once again relying on the compliant and predictable American mass deflection media to do it's bidding.